A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving the ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

How a tiny spinal implant could help those with muscle-wasting disease - Three people with a muscle-destroying disease got ...

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A case report described an infant with concurrent HDFN and SMA who was succesfully treated with an onasemnogene abeparvovec ...

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Background: Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy ... findings. Only Patient 3 had a subclinical decrease in thyroid function with increased thyroid stimulating hormone, despite demonstrating free ...

Problems with chemical messengers like dopamine were tied to posture issues in SMA in a mouse study, but levodopa therapy may ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a progressive genetic neuromuscular ... and palpable hepatomegaly measuring 2 cm. Laboratory tests indicate normal findings. Neurologically, the patient has equal and ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.